ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : O/576 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM |
Date(s) | : 1817 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Royal Military Asylum |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, was founded in 1801 at the height of Britain's war with France (1793-1815). An estimated 315,000 men died during this conflict, leaving their dependents destitute. The Asylum was intended to provide a home and school for the children of fallen rank and file soldiers as an alternative to the workhouse. In 1892, the RMA was renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School and, in 1909, moved to new premises constructed on the Downs of Dover, Kent.
Source: The Duke of York's Royal Military School website, http://www.achart.ca/york/history.html.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1954 (AC/54/028).
Allied Materials
Related material:
Records of the Royal Military Asylum can be found at the National Archives, Kew.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
January 2009
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